tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post6647976207921473008..comments2019-02-13T02:43:57.085-08:00Comments on Angelman's Place: A Longtime Gay Classicangelman66http://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-28658995947518987502016-06-04T10:36:22.346-07:002016-06-04T10:36:22.346-07:00Quiggy - no worries, you know how much I appreciat...Quiggy - no worries, you know how much I appreciate your support! I am a HUGE fan of your Midnite Drive In blog, because we share so many favorites in common. It&#39;s a beautiful thing! And I appreciate all comments and observations on the blog, that is the whole purpose. The power of movies is the conversations they bring up, right?<br />-Chrisangelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-53448770413323895152016-06-04T10:32:59.621-07:002016-06-04T10:32:59.621-07:00Hi Armando, thanks so much for coming by! Agreed, ...Hi Armando, thanks so much for coming by! Agreed, Davison really should have won that Oscar, for that incredibly moving scene alone. <br /><br />angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-14949553398699296192016-06-03T17:54:34.403-07:002016-06-03T17:54:34.403-07:00Chris-
I&#39;m glad my feeble platitudes and comme...Chris-<br />I&#39;m glad my feeble platitudes and comments can be of any help. I basically just hope that I don&#39;t make any faux pas that offend you, or your readers. I don&#39;t have much contact with the gay community here in small town Texas, so I don&#39;t always know how to act. I would hate to ruin what could be a good (albeit long distance) friendship because I said something wrong.Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-89159964589593505532016-06-03T15:14:04.140-07:002016-06-03T15:14:04.140-07:00Thanks for your kind words, Chris. Again, I&#39;m ...Thanks for your kind words, Chris. Again, I&#39;m sorry about your partner -- I have friends who went through the same thing. I remember going to my favorite bar back in the day and having people tell me goodbye, they were going home to their families, going home to die, of course, and it was awful. People and bartenders that you saw every week would suddenly not be there -- and you knew why. At Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-59653068288781727732016-06-02T08:22:05.000-07:002016-06-02T08:22:05.000-07:00Bruce Davison was superb in this movie; his scene ...Bruce Davison was superb in this movie; his scene where he takes care of Sean and tells him to let go is one of the most powerful moments in cinema.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-29900878007762504002016-06-02T08:16:14.406-07:002016-06-02T08:16:14.406-07:00Hi Bill, thanks so much for stopping by!
Perhaps ...Hi Bill, thanks so much for stopping by!<br /><br />Perhaps this film means so much to me because of my own personal experiences--I lost my lover of 7 years in 1994 to AIDS, as well as numerous other very close friends and loved ones in the 1990s...Longtime Companion was a brave story for the filmmakers to tell in 1989, when there was a DEFINITE stigma attached not only to people with AIDS/HIV angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-44375150643413116492016-06-02T08:10:27.839-07:002016-06-02T08:10:27.839-07:00Hi Quiggy - understood. Philadelphia is especially...Hi Quiggy - understood. Philadelphia is especially downbeat and not my favorite rendition of the subject matter, either. But even though I love Longtime Companion a lot, there&#39;s no way around the harrowing nature of the AIDS beast...<br /><br />Gay Pride has been a June tradition for many years, in many cities. Probably because the Stonewall riots were in June 1969, or perhaps because Judy angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-17951091103205972462016-06-02T07:45:08.381-07:002016-06-02T07:45:08.381-07:00I have wanted to see this movie for years but perh...I have wanted to see this movie for years but perhaps I&#39;ve avoided it because, as the other gentleman put it, AIDS movies can be distinctly depressing. However, I may finally look at it for my annual Gay Pride list in late June. Anyway, this is another of your excellent write-ups, Chris, making me want to experience the film as you did. These movies were difficult to take back in the day, andWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739955.post-41483048708164846742016-06-02T05:49:41.797-07:002016-06-02T05:49:41.797-07:00June is &quot;Gay Pride Month ? Shows how much my...June is &quot;Gay Pride Month ? Shows how much my hand is on the pulse of current times. I watched Philadelphia years ago. And recently that one with Matthew Modine (forgot the name). I get depressed too easily to watch very many AIDS movies. Quiggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434473473185065992noreply@blogger.com